Casing for card registers of the horizontal type



V. DUSPIVA Aug. 23, E949.

CASING FOR CARD REGISTERS OF THE HORIZONTAL TYPE Filed Dec. s, 1945Patented Aug. 23, 1949 CASING FOR CARD REGISTERS OF THE HORIZONTAL TYPEVaclav Duspiva, Prague, Czechoslovakia Application December 3, 1945,Serial No. 632,457 ln Czechoslovakia July 2.4, 1940 Section 1, PublicLaw 690, August 8, 194.6 Pat-ent expires July 24, 1960I 4 Claims.

The horizontal type of card-registers having superposed sliding framesin a common casing, each frame carrying a plurality of registeringcards, show the disadvantage that it is relatively difficult to enterthe desired data in the individual cards which to this end are not takenout of the respective frames, since each sliding frame assumes adifferent level, when it is in pulled-out position.

An object of the present invention is to remove the aforesaiddifficulty. The invention relates to a card-register casing withhorizontal sliding frames, the casing being provided with front guidesfor the sliding frames, such guides preferably being common to all theframes, and with auxiliary guiding means for each sliding frame, theguides and auxiliary guiding means being arranged in such a way thateach sliding frame which has been pulled out from the casing can bepositively brought to a predetermined position common to all the frames.The said position is so selected that the desired data may be,conveniently entered in the individual cards of each frame.

The drawing shows schematically and by way of example an embodiment ofthe card-register casing with horizontal sliding frames in accordancewith the present invention.

Fig. l is an end view of the casing showing the frames in verticalsection along the line I-I of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a corresponding horizontal section along the line II-II of theFig. l;

Fig. 3 shows in the left hand part thereof a vertical section along theline III-III of Figs. 1 and 2 while the right hand part shows the frontside of the casing as viewed in the direction of the arrow A in Fig. l;

Fig. 4 shows in enlarged scale a corner part of the horizontal sectionshown in Fig. 2.

As shown in the drawing, and particularly in Fig. l, the common casingor housing I of the card-register comprises a plurality of verticallyspaced supporting members, preferably in the form of shelves la, rigidlymounted within the casing for supporting a number of horizontal fiatsliding frames 2 in superposed relationship, each frame containing aplurality of cards for registering purposes. The front faces 3 of thesliding frames 2 are arranged in a common rearwardly inclined plane, asshown in Fig. 1. An axle 4 provided at the rear of each frame 2 carrieson either end thereof a guide roller 5, the rollers 5 being arranged toproject laterally from the frames and to be guided in the longitudinalside grooves 6 provided on the casing, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Inadvance of the common front face plane of the sliding frames upstandingguide rails la are mounted on the side walls of the housing I to providerearwardly facing guide grooves l which are so shaped-as shown in Figs.2 and 4-that the guiding roller 5V enters the groove from the front sidethereof and each frame, when in pulled-out position, is secured againstlateral displacement by the said groove 1. Side by side with the guidingrollers E the axle 4 has mounted thereon two inner rollers guide 8 whichduring the upward and downward movement of the respective frame, whenthe latter has been withdrawn from the casing, bear against the irontface of the frames, as will be explained hereinafter. Beneath the lowestsliding frame the front face plane of the frames passes into a roundedforwardly extending surface 9 provided by a curved plate mounted on thecasing I in spaced relation with respect to the lower ends of the guiderails la for engagement by the rollers 8 when the frames 2 are insertedor withdrawn -from the casing as hereinafter described. Below the lowestsliding frame there are mounted in the casing horizontally slidable barsor retaining hooks Il) adapted to be withdrawn and which are guidedbeneath the frame and preferably are connected to each other.v Theforward ends of the bars I0 are formed with catching means in the formof notches Ilia for engaging the rear part ofthe frames. In order thatthe front face of all frames may be smooth, without any projectingparts, the operating handles I I of the frames are so arranged as not toextend beyond the front edges of the respective frames.

Preferably the card-register casing is provided with slidable frontclosure I2 of conventional type which is guided in grooves I3 arrangedin the side walls of the easing.

The manipulation with the above described card-register casing is asfollows:

That sliding frame 2 in which the desired data are to be entered isdrawn out of the casing until the guiding rollers 5 of the same arebrought in engagement with the steep side grooves 1, the frame beingthen left to slide down the grooves 1 to the lowest position. Duringthis movement the supporting rollers 8 slide down the front side of thelower frames which have been left in the casing, until the axle 4 of therollers 5, 8 engages in the retaining hooks I0. Through the mouth I4 ofthe guides 1 the frame is then withdrawn to the pulled-out position inwhich the axle 4 is still engaged in the hooks I0 and the latter arewithdrawn from the casing, as shown in Fig. 1. Beneath the casing lthere is preferably provided a support I5 which has a pulpit likeextension I6 upon which the frame, which has been withdrawn from thecasing and moved down, comes to rest in a position convenient forentering the desired inscriptions in the cards. In order to replace theframe in the casing, when the desired data have been duly entered, theframe is pushed inwardly to slide the retaining bars to retractedposition and the rollers 8 engage the surface 9 whereupon the frame iscaused to move upwards, being positively guided in the side guides 1 andbearing against the front faces 3 of the other frames which have notbeen withdrawn, until the frame returns to its proper level whereupon itis pushed into the casing along the guides 6. It is clear that when theframes are pulled out of the casing and lowered, all of them are broughtto the same position preferably beneath the level of the lowest frame,so that the inscriptions may be effected without any difficulty.

When the height of the card-register casing is rather considerable thearrangement in accordance with the present invention may be carried outin such a manner as to locate the position in which entries are madeapproximately halfway between the upper and the lower sides of thecasing. The sliding frames located above this position are to be loweredto such position when in use, While the lower frames are to be lifted tothe position of use. In such a case it would be necessary, of course, toshape the lower part of the steep guides 'I in such a way, that thecatches I0 may be by-passed by the lower frames in the course of theirupward movement before the latter come to rest in the catches.

Preferably the card-register casing and sliding frames according to thepresent invention are all made of metal.

By the claimed arrangement the work with horizontal card-registers ismade more easy and pleasant, the operations being moreover accelerateddue to the positive guiding of the sliding frames, when the latter arebeing moved to the position in which the entries are to be made, andback into the casing.

What I claim is:

1. In a sliding frame card iile of the horizontal type, a casing havingvertically spaced means for independently slidably supporting aplurality of card frames in superposed relation, a plurality of slidingcard frames mounted on said supporting means in superposed relation, andhaving front faces forming a substantially continuous plane surface,upstanding guide rails at each side of said casing verticallycoextensive with and forwardly spaced from the surfacev provided by thefront faces of said frames, outer and inner guide rollers mounted at therear of each of said frames adjacent the sides thereof, the outer guiderollers being positioned to engage the respective upstanding guide railswhen a frame is withdrawn from the casing and the inner guide rollersbeing positioned to engage the surface provided by the front faces ofthe remaining lower frames as the frame so withdrawn is lowered.

2. In a sliding frame card le as dened in claim 1, means providing aforwardly curving surface beneath the lowermost frame in said casing andspaced from the lower ends of said guide rails for engagement by certainof said guide rollers on the sliding frames.

3. In a sliding frame card iile as dened in claim 2, a pair of.horizontally slidable bars mounted in the casing having catching meansadjacent the outer ends thereof to engage the rear portion of saidsliding card frames when the latter are withdrawn from the casing andlowered to a position to engage the inner guide rollers with said curvedsurface and disengage the outer guide rollers from said upstanding guiderails.

4. In a sliding frame card le as defined in claim 1, a pair ofhorizontally slidable bars mounted below the lower ends of saidupstanding guide rails in said casing having catching means adjacent theouter ends thereof to engage the rear portion of said sliding cardframes when the latter are withdrawn from the casing and lowered to aposition to disengage the guide rollers from said guide rails.

VCLAV *DUSPIVA REFERENCES CITED The following references are of recordin the flle of this patent:

UNITED STATES PA'IENTS Number Name Date 402,377 Wood Apr. 30, 1889776,569 Wade Dec. 6, 1904 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 589,605Francel v v Feb. 25, 1925

